Hello!!! I am back! Again...I am always on the go aren't I??
Well hopefully Marquette and I have a summer schedule all figured out that will work for everyone!!
"Blah blah blah lady, where is the Pinstrosity?!"
"Blah blah blah lady, where is the Pinstrosity?!"
Here you go readers! Happy Tuesday!!
The Original
The Pinstrosity
The Pin-Win
What's the story here??
Sarah sent us this Pinstrosity and then the Pin-Win. Here is her story!
"...[The pin I looked at] gave me some good tips like that letting the bleach dry all the way gets you a white line, as opposed to washing the shirt with the bleach still wet, which leaves behind a little color. It seems like common sense, but I didn't think of that!
So I bought myself a pretty blue shirt for $2.50 (they were on sale at work, so I got it extra cheap!) and went next door to Meijer and bought a bleach pen.
I drew out my design on the shirt and let it dry. I had a lighter shirt, so I wanted completely white lines. Then I threw it in the wash and anxiously waited for it to finish.
Then I pulled it out. Looked at it. And.... Nothing! The shirt looked exactly the same as it did before I bleached it! So, naturally, I tried it again. Surely it would work this time! I let it sit even longer, thinking that maybe this shirt just needed longer to absorb the bleach (Picture #1, the Pinstrosity).
It still looked exactly the same as when I bought it (except maybe a bit more wrinkly).So I bought myself a pretty blue shirt for $2.50 (they were on sale at work, so I got it extra cheap!) and went next door to Meijer and bought a bleach pen.
I drew out my design on the shirt and let it dry. I had a lighter shirt, so I wanted completely white lines. Then I threw it in the wash and anxiously waited for it to finish.
Then I pulled it out. Looked at it. And.... Nothing! The shirt looked exactly the same as it did before I bleached it! So, naturally, I tried it again. Surely it would work this time! I let it sit even longer, thinking that maybe this shirt just needed longer to absorb the bleach (Picture #1, the Pinstrosity).
Determined to make a bleach pen shirt, I decided to try it again. Only this time, I bought a different shirt.
And it was a completely different experience! Within minutes of putting the bleach on the shirt I started to see the color fading. So now I know not to buy Jerzee shirts for bleaching. Who knew they made bleach resistant shirts?
I had to draw it in three different segments. I drew the bottom design first. Then after washing/drying I drew the front half of the top design, washed, dried. Then the back half of the front. I had to split the top design into two parts because I couldn't spread the sleeve out like I wanted for the design I had in mind.
Here are some tips of my own:
- If you don't want spots on your shirt like mine has, let the bleach dry all the way.
- To get thinner lines, hold the pen farther away from the shirt. You almost have to drag a short line of bleach behind you, if that makes sense."
Sarah has some great tips!
And after doing some extensive Googling (super professional right??), I found out that there are in fact bleach resistant fabrics! I didn't know either!! That would probably explain some of the bleaching mishaps I have had in the past. As for advice Sarah gave us I completely agree! She hit the nail on the head here, and now we all know to be careful when picking our fabrics and technique is everything when doing this type of pin. Perhaps practice your design on scrap fabric first, or draw it on paper so you have an idea of how big you want your design. Another thing to remember is to put some cardboard in between the layers of the shirt so that the bleach doesn't bleed through to the other side. Good luck all!
Happy pinning!!
